Kylestrome

I took some more photos while working on the second Dogfish kit. The first two crossmembers made from Evergreen 2.0 x 3.2mm plus 2.0 x 0.75mm strips laminated together. The end members held in position by rectangles of styrene which will also locate the couplers at the right height. Glueing on the hopper while checking for height and level. The bottom shute has packing pieces applied each end, which make it a tight fit between the cross members and therefore easier to assemble. David

My first attempt at building the Cambrian Dogfish kit ended up in the dustbin. As I later successfully managed to complete a Catfish kit from the same source, by exercising a little more patience, I decided that I should have another go at the Dogfish using the lessons learned from the Catfish. This time I’m building two of them. Wish me luck. As is well known, the greatest difficulty is in building the underframe squarely. I have sorted this problem by using Evergreen styrene sections to replace the cross members from the kit chassis, being very careful to sand them square and to the exact length. So far, so good ... David

From my slot car racing days, I remember that another name for them is contrate gear. Maybe that helps? David

After about 1970, BR started to withdraw oddball designs leaving just the BR designed standard vans in service. So far, most of the rolling stock for Kinlochmore is appropriate for the 1968/69 period which gives me the maximum choice of BR van types to model. As if I don’t already have enough unfinished projects, I’m about to add another four wagons to the list. These Parkside van kits are all complete and are just waiting for their turn in the paint shop. First up is an LMS-design Fruit van (Diag. 1/230). This one has a missing side vent that has been boarded over. Other details include Masokits brake gear parts, turned buffers, and Lanarkshire Models vacuum hoses. BR Standard ply-sided van with eight shoe brakes. BR Standard shock van. I wasn't very happy with the moulded end vents, so these were replaced. Buffers are from MJT and the vacuum pipes are made up from wire because I ran out of Lanarkshire ones. BR Vanwide. Bill Bedford brake levers. David

Maybe the situation would improve if started using paints that are actually formulated for brush painting?

Then make sure it only has a cold and not something worse ...

If you don't own the original photos there is no way to access them. In other words, there are no magic "tweaks" no matter how gifted you are at using a computer.

Good find! It certainly looks like Octel used Stymie Black Italic, which looks slightly 'taller' than Profil. Note that black is heavier than bold, so the Flickr group is possibly wrongly named.

It's either some long forgotten (by me, at least) typeface or it was hand-drawn. Using "What The Font?" https://www.myfonts.com/pages/whatthefont The nearest modern equivalent I can find is this (3rd one down):

I agree. I hardly ever send anything in the post but when I do, I buy a 'stamp' online and print it, cut it out and glue it on. It's not very exciting to look at though:

I'd just like to say how pleased I am that Eileens has resumed business to Europe and say thank you for their excellent service. I made my order two days before the end of their holiday. It was sent very soon after, received four days later, and was very well packed. As an aside, I found it somewhat curious that I could easily buy Vallorbe needle files from them that I had failed to source anywhere in Switzerland or Germany! David

While I appreciate that you wanted to show us the contents, you're in breach of copyright by posting the editorial as well.

Some captions with names would be appreciated. Nice to see that John still has the edge when it comes to shirts! David

Genuine works of art and built to last. Thanks for sharing those close-up photos. David

I'd say it's total fiction. It's not helped by having the original BR logo paired with the modern transport typeface numbers. 🙄 David

Polystyrene or Whitemetal ... ?

Eating the pasties will be a bit challenging methinks ...

You or the Land Rover? 🤔

Is yellow the new silver?

RMweb isn't "social media" ... ?

Time stands still on Kinlochmore, but the clock indicates that it's nearly seven minutes to three.

I think you are missing the irony in what Phil actually wrote.

I bet you rang the bell and then ran away quickly.

As long as you didn't wake up to this, it should be OK:

Check your old posts from time to time, the photos may well come after a while. Happy modelling, David